US Plant Patent PP31097
Tift PA18
Grass named ‘Tift PA18’
UNDER PATENT
Still under patent. Protection ends March 6, 2038.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.

The record
- Patent number
- PP31097
- Filed
- March 6, 2018
- Granted
- November 19, 2019
- Expires
- March 6, 2038
- Assignee
- UNIV GEORGIA
- Inventor
- HANNA WAYNE W; SCHWARTZ BRIAN M
Abstract
A new variety of Pennisetum alopecuroides plant named ‘Tift PA18’ produces a reduced number of seeds, making it less invasive.
Show the legal claimThe single numbered claim as granted — the legal text that defines what this patent covers.
What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct cultivar of Pennisetum alopecuroides plant named ‘Tift PA18’, as illustrated and described herein.
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